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May 18, I926. I Re. 16,351

- M. cARus TOY CAR WHEEL Origin l Filed April 24,1923

INVENTOR %E/0- 6720:

ATTORNEY 'Reiaeued May is, 1926.

4 UNITED STATES MARIO CAB-USO, OI" N APLES,

I Re. 16,351 PATENT ornca.

ITALY, ASSIGNOR TO THE LIOTQEL CORPORATION, A COR- POBATION OF NEW YORK.

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I I0. 1,5293", dated larch 17, 1925, Serial No. 634,812, filed April 24, 1928. -App11eat1on for reissue filed larch 1, 1926. Serial No. 91,635. a

This invention-relates to toy car wheels. One object. thereof is to provide a wheel for to cars, toy locomotives, and the like toy ve icles, which shall be comparatively cheap and sim e to manufacture, and eff .cient in operatio to a high degree Another object of the invention 1s to provide a toy car wheel which may be manu-. factured by a simple die casting process and shall have a smooth tread so as to permit of its'efiective use in-connection with the toy vehicle.

Toy car wheels, particularly those for use i in toy locomotives must have considerable 1' general a pearance strength to withstand-conditions of service.

/ They have been commonly made from east iron. These wheels may relatively take the shape of the standard locomotive wheel and function satisfactorily, but are likely to rust or corrode, and have other objections. The desired shape for a car wheel may be obtained economically-by employing a die casting, which has the advantages of coming from the dies in an accurate, finished condition. These castin do. not corrode readily, and may be painted more easily than cast iron wheels. Die cast wheels alone were found, however, to be too soft for continued use on the metal rails in-toy track layouts. They wear rapidly. 1 4

' According to the present invention the treadsof these die cast wheels are provided .with an 'ap lied tread of sheet metal securely fi .in place. smooth and wear resistant, and improve the of the toy vehicle carrymgthew eel.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out. a

The invention accordinglyconsists' in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described and of which the scope of invention will be indicated in the following In the accompanying drawing, in which is ahovn two of various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the toy wheel embodying my invention;

. Figure 2 is a face view thereof partly broken away;

'forme order to provide a smooth tread surface and Such treads are.

'ing for said tread portion Figure 3 is a face view of a modified form of the invention showing a wheel of the disc type; and

Figure 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of'the wheel shown in Figure 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 indicates the hub from which extend the radial spokes 11. 12 is the flange of the wheel and 13 indicates the tread. The various (parts just described are preferably in one operation by die-casting. 1n

accomplish theabove objects, I provide the trend with a facin 14 in theform of a thin annular member 0 smooth sheet which sheet spun on or otherwise tightly forced ,tread. This annular member com a tire ortion 14" which fits snugly over the-trea surface ofthedie casting, a

' portion 14' fitting the side face 20 of the die castin and a. portion l4 being forced inside t e tread ortion. This latter mentioned portion 0 the-sheet metal tread may be spun or clinched in place as indicated, if desired; r

In Figures 3 and 4 I show a modification of the invention as applied to a toy wheel which imitates the disc type of automobile wheel, 15 indicating the whel body, 16 the flange and 17 the tread. A similar facing member 18 is spun on or otherwise securely fitted over the tread in the manner and for the purpose alread described.

T0 wheels ma e as above described utilize t e advantages of die castings as regards accuracy, cheapness, and general appearance, without sacrifice of serviceability due to the softness of the metal. 'The harder sheet metal tread stands'the wear onthe tracks.

As various possible embodiments of the above invention mi ht be made and as various changes might made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forthor shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I

' claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 7

1. In a toy wheel for toy vehicles, ,a wheel body'having a rim tread portion and a factted snugly therefacing being formed of comparatively thin sheet metal.

3. In a toy Wheel for toy vehicles, in com' bination with therim tread of the wheel, a I facing for said tread, comprising an annular member of comparatively th-in sheet metal s'gun on said tread,'said member having an e ge thereof inturned and clinched'on the interior side of the rim tread.

4. In a toy wheel for toy vehicles, in com- I 'bination with a die cast wheel body including a hub, radial spokes, flange and rim tread, 11 facing for said. tread comprisin an annular member of comparativelythin s eet metal spun' to extend from the flange over said tread, inturned at its free edge portion and clinched on the interior side of the rim tread.

5. I A toy railroad wheel madeof a soft die casting'and having a tread ortion, and a wear resisting portion in the orm of a sheet metal tread ti htly forced ontothe tread portion of the is casting.

6. Atoy railroad wheel having a tread I r-' t ion of soft die casting metal, and a s eet metal tread portion forced into the tread portion. I

7. In a 'wheel for toy cars, an integral body in-the form of a soft die casting and a. tread in the form of an annular sheet metal element forced onto the die casting. 1

8. A die cast'wheel for toy railroad cars position ou having a tread, a narrow side face adjacent the' tread portion and an undercut portionextending inwardly from the side of the wheel, and a sheet metal tread forced onto the die .cast wheel and havin portions engaging the tread, the side %ace and saidundercut portions thereof.v

i "9. The combination with a die cast toy'car wheel, of an annular sheet metal tread of .U-shaped cross section forced onto the side 'of the die casting to provide a wear .proof tread. ortion and a covering for the-side face 0 the wheel remote from the flan e.

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